WELL · 42-399-31229 · DISTRICT 7

McCord J.W. #1

Plugged

Runnels County · Elm Creek (Gardner Upper) field · Vertical

Mccord J.W. #1 (API 42-399-31229) is a plugged well in Runnels County, plugged May 14, 2020, last operated by Quail Well Service Inc..

The RRC has issued one drilling permit, issued August 2, 1978, permitted to 4,300 ft.

It was permitted by Desana Corporation, The and has since transferred to Quail Well Service Inc. on the wellbore schedule.

Its lease has reported 15.5K barrels of oil and 59 mcf of gas since January 1993, last reporting in September 2020.

Operator of record

Quail Well Service Inc.

Permitted by Desana Corporation, The; the EWA schedule now lists a different operator.

Based in: Abilene, TX
P-5 status: Active (A)
P-5 last filed: Aug 28, 2025
Permits on file: 92
Phone: (325) 677-0323

SOURCE · RRC EWA WELLBORE SCHEDULE

What each RRC source says

Wellbore schedule	Quail Well Service Inc.
Production reports	Quail Well Service, Inc.through Apr 2020
Latest permit	Desana Corporation, TheAug 2, 1978

The sources disagree, which usually means a transfer or a lease-level production filing by a different entity. Petrora goes with the schedule.

4,300: total depth, ft
1: permits on file
Aug 2, 1978: last permit issued
Mar 2, 1979: completed
15.5K: cumulative oil, bbl
59: cumulative gas, mcf

PRODUCTION FROM PDQ LEASE REPORTS · Jan 1993 THROUGH Sep 2020

Regulatory status · RRC wellbore file

Schedule: OFF SCHEDULE
Completed: Mar 2, 1979
Shut in: —
Plugged: May 14, 2020

Surface location

No coordinates on the permit record yet. The RRC's GIS record usually lands within days of issuance; historical master-file permits never carry one.

Lease production

PDQ LEASE REPORTS · REPORTED THROUGH APR 2026

Texas reports oil by lease, not by well. These are the lease this well is completed on; this well is the only one on it.Why →

Lease	Field	Reporting operator	Wells	Oil, bbl	Gas, mcf	Reported
McCord, J.W. O-9-7811	Elm Creek (Gardner Upper)	Quail Well Service, Inc.	1	15.5K	59	Jan 1993 – Sep 2020

No volumes reported on these leases in the last three years.

Chain of custody

Every operator that reported production on this well's lease, in order.

1Desana Development CorporationJan 1993 → Apr 1999
2Robertson Resources, Inc.May 1999 → Feb 2002
3Quail Well Service, Inc.May 2003 → Apr 2020

Permits

Permit	Type	Operator	Received	Issued	Spud	Depth
29720-99	Drill	Desana Corporation, The	Aug 2, 1978	Aug 2, 1978	Sep 28, 1978	4,300

Completions

Completed	Lease	Field	Operator	Status	Depth
—	— O-9-7811	—	—	—	—

Perforations

Perforated and open-hole intervals.

From	To	Type
3,946	3,954	Perforated

Casing

Strings as reported, shallowest first.

Casing in	Set at	Hole in	Cement
8.625	171	11	125 S
2.375	3,925	—	—
4.5	4,090	7.875	450 S

Completion filings

W-2 and G-1 reports on record in the RRC wellbore file, newest first. The suffix identifies the wellbore or completion event. About these reports →

Suffix	Filed	W-2 / G-1 date	Logs referenced
00	Jan 12, 1984	Mar 22, 1979	—

The source documents

Petrora holds the structured record. The scanned filings live at the RRC; these links open its search already filled in for this API.

Wellbore filings for 42-399-31229 → W-2, G-1, plugging reports, as PDFs
Completion packets for 42-399-31229 → scanned completion filings

Log images are in archives with no per-well link: the RRC's Neubus archive (2004 onward). then paste it into their search.

About this data

Permits from the RRC OGA049M master and daily daf420 files; wellbore and operator of record from the EWA schedule, weekly; completions, formation tops, casing, and perforations from the dbf900 wellbore file; production from PDQ lease reports, which lag two to three months; injection from UIC permits, H-10 reports, and TexNet daily volumes; earthquakes from the TexNet catalog.

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